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Workers will also update the pool filtration plant and water distribution systems.

Regulars have already been told about the upcoming closure, which starts on Monday, October 2, and can use Reading Central Pool and Meadway Sports Centre in Tilehurst with their existing memberships.

The council has also worked alongside local schools who use it, who will head to other pools for their swimming lessons.

Academy Sport Leisure Centre in Northumberland Avenue

All the other facilities, like the gym, exercise classes, the sports hall and 3G football pitches will be open as normal through the four month period.

Councillor Sarah Hacker, Reading Borough Council’s lead member for culture and sport, said: “There is never an ideal time to close a pool, particularly for this length of time, but I hope regular users of the facilities will appreciate that these are major improvement works, which make a complete closure unavoidable.

“Much of the fabric of the pool at Academy Sport has been in place since it opened in 1983 and now needs complete replacement.